Seattle Paine Field International in April 2026

94.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 133 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 94.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 93.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 14.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 111 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 91.7% of the time (132 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 44%, air carrier 36% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

On time 93.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PAE in April 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	94.0%	88.3%	86.1%	79.1%
Arrived on time	93.2%	88.3%	84.2%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.0 min	6.4 min	9.4 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	4	19,931
Scheduled departures	133	111	1,266	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	133	100%	93.2%	-10.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	56	96.4%	-9.0 min	0.0%
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	56	89.3%	-9.4 min	0.0%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	21	95.2%	-17.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	33.5%	156
Late-arriving aircraft	19.9%	40.4%	86
National Aviation System	44.0%	21.0%	190
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

432 delay minutes on 9 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PAE on time in April 2026?

94.0% of 133 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 93.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 88.3% of 111 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 94.0% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PAE · methodology · corrections.